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Hartenstein castle, Krems an der Donau, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

(Burg Hartenstein, Krems an der Donau, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich, Österreich)

Marble and amphibolite, with rare pegmatites, in outcrops and abandoned quarries.
Located SE of Albrechtsberg.

The minerals described by Kolitsch & Gröbner (2008) were found in a recent small rock slide near the Eichmaier cave NW of the Hartenstein castle.




References:
- Huber, S. & Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs
- Kolitsch, U. & Gröbner, J. (2008): 1551: Sampleit von einem Bergsturz bei der Eichmaierhöhle nordwestlich der Burg Hartenstein, Krems an der Donau, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198/118, 259.





Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Andradite
'Apatite'
Biotite
Chalcopyrite
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
Epidote
'Hornblende'
Laumontite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Sampleite
Schorl
Titanite


21 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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